Automobile-signal.



P. PEBELIER. AUTOMOBILE' SIGNAL. APPLICATION FILED AUGJG, 1915., 1,187,780, Patented June 20, 1916.

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FIGURE 7 ay (y HIS ATTORNEY FIGURE s TED STATES rATElfI'r-l PAUL PEBELIER, OF SN JOSE, CALIFDRNIA..

' AUTOMOBILE-sional..

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Specification lof Letters Patent. I Patented June 20, 41916;. Y

Application led. August 28, 1915. Serial No. 47,5412.`

To all -wwm t may concern:

Be it lniownl that I, PAUL PEBELIER, a,"

citizen of 'the United States, and resident of San Jose, in the county of Santa Clara and State-'of California, vhave-invented a certain new` and useful lImprovement in Automobile-Signals, of which the followlng 1s a specification.

My invention relates to an alarl'xi'y and..l illuminated sign signal, and the objects ofl my invention are to produce a device of the character indicated, 1st, which can be readily positioned in `anautomobile in such j a manner as to be plainly vislble to the driversv of machines in the rear both by day and night; 2nd, that can be easily adapted to be 'operated by the hand or foot of the driver oi' the machine in which it is placed; 3rd, that provides means for calling the attention of drivers in the rear of thev ma.- chine to the sign displayed; lth,v that can i be caused to display any one of a number of my device with the top Iremove signs atl the will ofthe driver; 5th, that will produce a clearly audible sound during' the whole' period of. time in which a sign is displayed; 6th, that will automaticallystop the sound when the signis withdrawn; 7th, that will automatically illuminate the sign during the whole period of time in which it is displayed; 8th, that will be simple in construction, easy of operation, and inex-l pensive to manufacture. I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated 1n .the accompanying drawings, in which,-I Figure 1 is a perspective view of an automobile with .my device in position, parts being broken away. Fig. 2 is a lan view lof d) and operan ing mechanism not shown. Fi

Fig. 2, with the topon. Fig. 4' is a detail A' elevation of the operating lever. Fig. 5 is i a sectional view on line -B-l-B of Fig. 3.

Fig. 6 is a detail perspective showing a mounted roller.

Fig. 7 1s a detail lperspec-' r tive of a bracket showing method of mountview oiimy device with-batteries connected. Similar reference characters'refer to smi' 50 i' inaturally- `falls into three {divisions} ing one vspring wire. Fig. 8 is a perspective lar parte throughout the several views.

' 'The subject imatter ofthis "invention first the sign pro er, second the illuminatin means,

`receptacle and the thereofas shown at 14.

' 3 land returnin .Sisaver-` .tical section of my device on line A-Aof connected to the back 'receptacleg l lConduit 26passesthroughga block 2.7A secured to receptacle 1. and r1s fastened therein4 byset screw '.forward portion 'of ;.th

i-ntheir order, the sign, together with the operating mechanism, will be described first.

drawings, ably having a' removable top and front aperture 2*. fitted with. a piece of trans- Referring vI low more particularly to the i 14 indicates a receptacle prefer- 'made in one piece and provided with an parent material as 2b. Receptacle 1 has ar shaft 3- ournaled in the forwardlportion 1n approximately y the position shown, the desired through holes as 1a and 1h inl lugs 1 and 1d.

said receptacle 1 Vbeing secured in* position by 'bolts orscrews- Secured near each'end of said shaft 3 .is s I wheel 4, having a groove 5 formed therein.

In groove 5.0i one of said lvsheels 4 is sa.

y.12 pointing in opposite directions,- and the as shown at 13,and Stop words Slow .As Aa means of revolving the on shaft sition, the fo owing mechanism is rovidedt-Two bars, 15 and 16, are secured to shaft 3 a distance apart and olf center. The

shorter arms 'of bars 15 and 16 are joined bygmrodljournnled therein, rod 17 being of receptacle 1 by tension springs 18 and 19-respectively, revolubly connected theretollddtil. ins 20 and 21 mounted in brackets 22 and 2wh`ie in point 10,. and has four signs plate as shown\at' 6, the plate 6 being spaced apart as 7. Mounted upon wheels et in 75 transparent material, as cellu# j as to permit the signs v sov the same to its originalpoturn se/cured to said back of said'receptacle 1. The long arms of' bars 15 and '16 are joined by rod 24 journaled therein. *Attached to rod 24 is a wire 25, the same passing rearwardly and out through the back of 1. through.,exib1e', conduit 26.

28.,- Condu t 2 secured to a lever as 29. Lever 29 is pivotally mounted at 30 on circular ratchet 31, which is bolted to the machine through holes 32. Lever 29 is provided with a catch 33 pivotally mounted thereon at 3-1 and having a lspring` as 35. positioned in approximately the position shown.

vire being passed through conduit '26 will operate freely when once properly adjusted'. An aperture, as 36, of the proper length and width to fully expose a single sign when thrown into position is provided in the desired location in the rear wall of the automobile 37, and receptacle 1 rigidly mounted in position bchind said wall and beneath the rear seat 37 of said automobile 37, so that any one of the lsigns may be thrown into register with said aperture 36.

When in a normal position sheet 8 is in thc position shown in Fig. 3, and catch 33 on lever 29 is in the position indicated at 3S. When catch is thrown over and caught in notch 31, arrow 11 is drawn upward into position and registers wit.. aperture 36, thus advising drivers in the rear that the machine is about to tu'n to the right. The new positions assumed by the movable parts in this operation are indicated by the ccnter lines 25a, 16 and 19*` `When catch 33 is forced into notch 31b arrow 12 is drawn into position. thus advising drivers in the rear that the machine is about to turn to the left. ll'hcn catch 33 is forced successively into notches 31c and 31. the words Slow and Stop successively register with aperture 36 and indicate the action about to be taken by the driver of the machine. Catch 33 is thrown at once into the proper notch to bring the sign desired into view. Upon withdrawing catch 33 from the notch in which it may be positioned and moving lever 29 back to the normal position indicated by the center line shown at 38. springs 18 and 19 at once cause the signs to revolve back to a normal position out of sight.

The alarm and illumination portions of my device co-act with the sign proper, and consequently (being operated by an electric current) are placed on the same circuit, which is closed and opened by the operation of the sign exposing and retracting mechanism. The illumination is secured by an electric incandescent bulb 40 set in socket 41, which is in turn securely1 screwed to the back of receptacle 1 by screws 42 and 43. An electrically operated bell is positioned substantially as shown at 44, the same being screwed to the bottom of receptacle 1 by screw 45.

46 and 47 refer to the two binding posts on bell 44, and 48 and 49 refer to the two Contact screws of bulb 40, While 50 and 51 refer to the terminals of battery 52.

At is slimn a binding pot`sceured to the bott-a1 of receptacle 1 4and insulated therefrom by insulator 54. A spring wire 55 is connected to said bindingy post 53 carried through said insulator 54 and terminates in groove 5 of wheel 4. The end of wire is forked as shown at 56 and has a roller as 57 rcvolubly mounted therein on pin 58. These parts 55, 57 and 5S, are conductors of electricity.

Secured to the back of receptacle 1 near the upper edge thereof, and insulated therefrom. and in the same vertical plane as the wheel 4 to which wire 55 is connected, is securely fastened a bracket 59 by screws 6() and 61. Passing horizontally through bracket 59 is pin 62. Spring wire 63 is securely fastened to pin 62 and passes out `through hole 64 in the front portion of bracket 59, curves upwardly and terminates in groove 5 in the top of wheel 4. The end of wire 63 is also forked as shown at 56 and provided with a roller 57 as described in connection with wire These parts 59, 62, 63 and roller 57a are conductors of electricity.

Securedto the back of receptacle 1 and near the bracket 59 is binding post 65, which is electrically connected to bracket 59 by insulated wire, 66. -Binding post 65 is connected to terminal 51 of battery by wire 6T, and binding post 47 on bell 44 is connected tov terminal 56 of battery by wire 68. Bindi-ng post 47 of bell 44 is also connected to contact screw 4S of bulb Ll() by wire 69. Contact screw 49 of bulb 4() is connected to binding-post 46 of bell 44 by wire 70, and binding post -l6 of bcll 44 is connected to binding post 53 by wire 71.

ll'ith the signs in a normal retracted position neither the bulb or bell are in operation as the roller on the end of wire 63 rests on wheel 4 'in space 7 between the ends of metallic plate 6. is thrown into view as hereinbefore dscribed, the revolving of wheel 4 causes the roller on wire 55 to come in contact with plate 6, whereupon the circuit is completed.-

and light is produced in bulb 40 and bell 44 is caused to ring. The complete closed circuit bcginning with plate 6 is as follows plate 6, roller 57, pin 58, wire 55, binding post 53, wire 71, binding post 46, bell 44, binding post 47, wire 68, terminal 50, battery 52, terminal 51, wire 67, binding post 65, wire 66, bracket 59, pin 62, wire 63, pin and roller on the end of wire 63 and again plate 6. The bulb 40 is placed on the same circuit by being connected to binding posts 46 and 47 of bell 44 as hereinbefore described.

It may thus be seen that if a driver is about to change the direction or speed of his machine he may announce that fact to drivers in the rear by displaying the appro priate sign, this action automatically il uminating the sign and ringing the bell to pall "hcn any one of the sifns to remind the driver to return the sign to its normal position after the proposed action has been taken. Q

It is not my desire to be limited to the exact construction of my device as described in this specicatiomas many minor changes in construction and operation maybe made without departing from the spirit of my invention. My device may be also used on the outside of a machine as shown at 72 in i dotted lines, or in any position Where the signal can be readily seen by the drivers of following machines, and of course the electric current may be derived from a magneto instead of a battery.

Hav-ing thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Let ters Patent, is,-

1. A signal system comprising a case, a. sign carrying frame having circular end pieces revolubly mounted therein, means for revolving said frame a predetermined distance in one direction, means for securing said frame in said revolved position, means -t'or returning said frame to its normal position, a metallic plate having its ends spaced a distance apart secured to the outer circumference of `Vone of said end pieces, an electric bell mounted -in said case, an electric light mounted in said case, an electricity generator, and means for operatively connecting said bell, light, generator, and metallic plate in the'same circuit.

2. A signal system comprising a case, a slgn carrying trame having circular end pieces revolubly mounted therein, means for revolvlng said frame a predetermlned d1s' tance in one direction, means for securing said frame in said revolved position, means for returning said frame to its normal position, a metallic plate having its ends spaced a distance apart secured to the outer circumference of one of said end pieces, a spring Wire mounted in said case and having a rollerA mounted omits free end, said rollerfnoimally resting on the circumference of said end piece between the ends of said metallic plate, a second spring Wire mounted on said case having a roller mounted on its frecend, said roller` being in constant cont-act with said'metallic plate, an electric bell mounted in said case, an electric light mopnted' in said case, an electricity generator, and means for operatively connecting said bell, said light, said generator and said metallic plate in the same circuit.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto aixed my signature in presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

. PAUL BEBELIER.

Witnesses:

J. E. BROWN, Mrs. J. E. BROWN. 

